From: Patrick Plattes <patrick@...>
Date: 2007-02-23T00:22:09+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby tail

Phy Prabab schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a gem or perhaps a method I am not aware of that does the similar function of tail?  Or is there a way to use tail in ruby?   I have a file that I want to process as new data is appended to the file.  This is easy enough using tail and tail has the added advantage that it can follow a file if it is "rolled".
> 
> TIA,
> Phy
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os independent, but slower on large files.

a = File.open(file).to_a
-10.upto(-1) do |i|
        puts a[i]
end

need to be beautified :-)